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Oral History Interview with Ralph Crocker, August 12, 2016
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ralph Crocker. Crocker joined the Naval Reserve in 1942 at Texas A&M, and was called to active duty in the spring of 1943. He studied civil engineering at Rice University for eight semesters. He then completed Officer Candidate School at Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island. He served with the Civil Engineer Corps as a Seabee, and worked as an operations officer on Espiritu Santos, New Hebrides. He and the enlisted men he was supervising worked as stevedores, loading and unloading ships. They were assigned to the 4th Marine Division. In 1945, Crocker and his Seabees were located at Luzon when the atomic bomb was dropped. Crocker then served in Sasebo, Japan during the occupation. He returned to the US and received his discharge in mid-1946.
Date:
August 12, 2016
Creator:
Crocker, Ralph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Dittmar, April 12, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Dittmar. Dittmar joined the Navy in 1943 and trained at Great Lakes and shares a few anecdotes from those days. He served as an operating room technician aboard USS La Grange (APA-124) when he was assigned to the ship in mid-1944. He recalls his duties aboard and going to the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Date:
April 12, 2017
Creator:
Dittmar, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Fred Marron, May 12, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Fred Marron. Marron joined the Army in June 1943, volunteered for the Airborne, and went to Georgia for basic and airborne training. He went overseas to France and was assigned to the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. He remained with the unit until the war in Europe ended, then volunteered to go to the Pacific. On the way to the US for more training, the war ended and Marron was among the first soldiers home from overseas after the war. He was discharged in December, 1945 and became a police officer in Utica, New York.
Date:
May 12, 2017
Creator:
Marron, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harold Buell and Warren Taylor, May 12, 1990
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harold Buell and Warren Taylor. Buell discusses being aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. Buell served as a Dauntless dive bomber pilot. Ingram’s (interviewer) primary interest in the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57). Ingram also interviews Warren Taylor. Taylor served as a gunnery officer aboard the South Dakota. Taylor discusses much about gunnery at sea: targeting, target spotting, plotting, etc. He also recalls an explosion aboard ship while replenishing ammunition. Taylor also recalls going ashore in Japan after the surrender.
Date:
May 12, 1990
Creator:
Buell, Howard & Taylor, Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with James Tatum, October 12, 2017
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James Tatum. Tatum joined the Navy in January 1942 and trained at Norfolk. He trained in aerial gunnery and as an airplane mechanic. In 1943, he was assigned to VT-37 and went aboard the USS Sangamon (CVE-26). One day, a plane crashed on the flight deck, seriously injuring Tatum and blowing him into the water. He stayed with the ship through the Battle of Leyte Gulf before being assigned to advanced mechanic school in Washington State, where he was when the war ended. He mustered out in December, 1945.
Date:
October 12, 2017
Creator:
Tatum, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Chalke, April 12, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Frank Chalke. Chalke joined the Navy in June of 1944. Beginning in March of 1945, he was assigned as Radioman 3rd Class aboard the landing craft repair ship USS Pandemus (ARL-18). They traveled to Okinawa, Guam, Saipan, Philippine Islands and China servicing landing and small craft. They encountered kamikaze planes and a typhoon during their travels. They returned to the US in December of 1945. Chalke was discharged in May of 1946.
Date:
April 12, 2018
Creator:
Chalke, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Killian, July 12, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Killian. Killian joined the Army in April of 1945, at the young age of 14 years old. He was assigned to the 29th Regimental Combat Team, 10th Army. He traveled to Okinawa, arriving 26 June 1945, participating in the invasion of the island. They traveled south on the island, towards Naha, and helped with cleanup, and had some direct combat with the Japanese. By August the bombs had been dropped and the war was over. Killian remained on the island until 26 August. He returned to the US and was discharged in May of 1948. In August of 1949, Killian rejoined, and by June of 1950 he was back in Okinawa. From there, he participated in the Korean War with E Company, 7th Cavalry. He was wounded and discharged in July of 1951.
Date:
July 12, 2018
Creator:
Killian, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alan Hildebrandt, November 12, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alan Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt enlisted in the Army Air Forces in July of 1942. He describes the planes he flew during training, including the PT-19, the BT-13 and the UC-78. Hildebrandt was commissioned and received his pilot rating in November of 1943. Upon graduation he trained on the B-26 at Laughlin Field. Hildebrandt served as a pilot in the 95th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force. They first traveled to Morocco, North Africa, then to northern Italy and Southern France. Their job was to bomb Marshaling yards, bridges and troop replacements. Hildebrandt describes some of his missions. He flew a total of 64 missions and was discharged in July of 1945.
Date:
November 12, 2009
Creator:
Hildebrandt, Alan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Thomas Lyons, September 12, 2009
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Lyons. Lyons joined the Navy around December of 1942. He served aboard the USS J. Franklin Bell (APA-16) beginning in April of 194. Lyons job aboard was to maintain everything from the superstructure of the ship forward to the bow. He provides vivid details of the Bell, including weaponry and personnel. He describes their first trip through heavy seas from California to Alaska. They participated in the Battle of Attu, landing troops and supplies. They returned to the States, then headed to Wellington, New Zealand arriving in September of 1943. They helped train the 2nd Marines, preparing them for the invasion at Tarawa. At the battle, they landed 3,500 Marines, then took on about 1,300 wounded Marines. Lyons describes this fateful event, and how their ship served as an interim hospital. Beginning in January of 1944 through mid-1945, they transported and landed troops and supplies and embarked casualties in Kwajalein, Saipan, Tinian, Leyte and Okinawa. Lyons provides details of each of these events. He was discharged in January of 1946.
Date:
September 12, 2009
Creator:
Lyons, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ensemble: 2009-03-12 – Jazz Repertory Ensemble
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Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Kenton Hall.
Date:
March 12, 2009
Creator:
University of North Texas. Jazz Repertory Ensemble.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ensemble: 2009-11-12 – Women's Chorus and Men's Chorus
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Choral concert presented at the UNT College of Music Winspear Performance Hall.
Date:
November 12, 2009
Creator:
University of North Texas. Women's Chorus.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bill Taylor Lecture, March 12, 1985: Parts 1 and 2
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Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Bill Taylor on March 12, 1985 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. It includes a lecture and performance by Billy Taylor, piano, interspersed with questions from the audience.
Date:
March 12, 1985
Creator:
Taylor, Bill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
What is the Future of the Oral History Association?
Sound recording of a presentation from the 7th Annual Oral History Colloquium held at the Thompson Conference Center Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. John Wickman, Director, Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and President-elect of the Oral History Association presented at the Ambassador Room, Villa Capri Motel, Austin, TX.
Date:
November 12, 1972
Creator:
Oral History Association
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with John Partin, April 12, 2003
Interview with John Partin, a diesel engineer in the US Navy during WWII. He answers questions about his life before the service and experiences overseas.
Date:
April 12, 2003
Creator:
Evans, Tonya & Partin, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retelling of Baadsha Zulqarneen
Recording of Badshahi Khan, a farmer, reciting "King Zulqarneen," in the Yasin dialect. This is a popular story that followed Islam to the area, and the King represents a barrier from the apocalypse.
Date:
May 12, 2010
Creator:
Munshi, Sadaf
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Cesar Forezan, Jr., March 12, 2006
Transcript of an oral interview with Cesar Fourzan, Jr. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and was assigned to C Troop of the First Cavalry Division. He trained as a cavalry soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas where he attended Officer Candidate School. He shares an anecdote about losing his accent in order to receive his commission. He was assigned to the 9th Cavalry and served as the squadron paymaster. He shares anecdotes about taking African American soldiers into Mexico for recreation and about taking aerial photos of Fort Clark, Texas. He participated in a horse march from Fort Ringgold, Texas to Alpine, Texas, when he was in the 112th Cavalry, Second Cavalry Division. He shares anecdotes about his trip to Australia aboard the USS Hermitage (AP-54); witnessing the landing of General McArthur on Leyte; adopting a puppy and interacting with children on Luzon; and his return trip to the United States. He also shares his recollection of eating ground grasshoppers. He spent twenty-nine years and seven months in the Army and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Date:
March 12, 2006
Creator:
Fourzan, Cesar, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with George Croft, May 12, 2010
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with George Croft. Croft joined the Navy in February of 1941. He completed Aviation Radio School before working at Pearl Harbor. He later was assigned to the USS McFarland (AVD-14). They transported aviation gas to the neighboring islands. Croft witnessed the Japanese attack on 7 December from the veranda of the US Naval Hospital on Pearl Harbor. He was later assigned to the USS Vega (AK-17), where he served in the engine room and Radio Shack as radioman. They participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. In early 1944 they transported cargo from San Francisco to support Pacific operations in the Gilbert Islands, Marianas and Okinawa. In June of 1944 Croft was transferred to the USS Hermitage (AP-54), transporting troops from the US to New Guinea. He was discharged in 1947.
Date:
May 12, 2010
Creator:
Croft, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Maurice Clark, July 12, 2018
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Maurice Clark. Clark joined the Army Air Forces in April of 1943. He served with as a Radio Operator and 2nd Navigator with the 93rd Bomb Squadron, 19th Bomb Group, 20th Air Force, aboard the B-29 the crew named Lil’ Butch. From February through August of 1945 they were stationed in Guam, and completed bombing missions over Japan, to destroy their war-making capabilities. They bombed targets on the Caroline Islands, Marianas and Northeast Tokyo. Clark returned home and was discharged in November of 1945.
Date:
July 12, 2018
Creator:
Clark, Maurice
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Alfred Gluck, July 12, 2019
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Alfred Gluck. Gluck joined the Merchant Marines in mid-1941. He served as a Seaman aboard a liberty ship, the SS George L. Baker (1614). In May of 1943, they traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, transporting general supplies and merchandise for people on the island. He returned to San Francisco, and was assigned to the SS James Lick in July as Able Seaman, traveling to New Hebrides and New Caledonia, transporting military cargo. In 1944 through the end of the war, Gluck also served aboard the SS Mormacgull, traveling to New Guinea and Guadalcanal and the SS Louis Sullivan (2781). He continued his service after the war, and received his discharge in March of 1946.
Date:
July 12, 2019
Creator:
Gluck, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ensemble: 2011-04-12 – UNT Night of Percussion
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Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date:
April 12, 2011
Creator:
University of North Texas. Percussion Ensemble.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ensemble: 2013-04-12 – Jazz Singers and Avenue C with Guest Artist Peter Eldridge
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UNT Jazz Singers performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date:
April 12, 2013
Creator:
University of North Texas. Jazz Singers.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ensemble: 2014-02-12 – Tribute to Alec Wilder
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Jazz concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date:
February 12, 2014
Creator:
Levy, Robert; Harlos, Steven, 1953-; Barnes, Jennifer (Singer); Murphy, John P. (John Patrick); Clardy, Mary Karen; Gillespie, James E. (James Ernest), 1940- et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ensemble: 2013-11-12 – Nova
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Nova concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.
Date:
November 12, 2013
Creator:
McNutt, Elizabeth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Jagadindu Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired government worker with a high school education who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and English in addition to Dimasa. He is 62 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
October 12, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Moumita
System:
The UNT Digital Library